The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03
Vicinity items.

Vicinity Items.
Judge Pillsbury will spend the winter In
California.
Kankakee has new German Evangeli.
cal church.
The Kickapoo Indians are hunting In
the wilds Of Marseilles.
The new $12, 900 iron bridge over the Fox
river at Sheridan IL completed.
The receipts Of the Catholic fair at La
Sale will amount to about $4,000.
Counterfeit IS bills on the bank of the
Aurora National Bank are In circulation.
Seneca is the victim of diptheria How.
ever, only few cases have yet been re-
ported.
Morris suffered from a disastrous fire ON
Friday night Of last week. The loss was
about 5000.
Morris is infested by a gang of young
crooks, whose depredatiOns have even
reached SO far as highway robbery.
John Walks, the Hungarian stabber Of
Streator, was captured on Saturday after
noon near StreatOr by Officer Hall.
The new Union Depot Of the c., B. & q.
and the Illinois Central at Mendoza Is en-.
closed, and work has been commenced on
the interior.
Mrs. Sarah A. May, widow of the paten-
tee of the locks used In the Pontiac Jail,
has sued the county for Infringement upon
her husbands patents.
Fred Shipley, an old employe Of the M.
& H. Zinc works at La Sale, was run over
by two cars and died from his injuries,
last Wednesday, a week.
| Miss Lillian Rose, daughter of John Rose
of Somonauk, was killed by the cars at that
place last week. Her father who was with
her was dangerous injured.
| A young man named Charles Lux suici-
ded at Aurora the other day, because of
the disgrace occasioned by his sisters
diversion from the paths of virtue.
Three tramps were put of an Alton train
near Wilmington the other day, aud one
froZe to death on the tie counting journey
to the next station beyond the town.
James Malloy. of Brookfeld, an inmate
of the county asylum, who has had can
Ger on his wrist, submitted to an operation
Saturday last involving the cutting off OF
his arm.
Ida Patterson, the girl who had her scalp
torn off at the Aurora cotton millsrecen'ly
is improving In health, and the scalp APP.
pears to be growing over the denuded por-
ton of her head.
The La Sale Republican tells healthy
narrative about man In Peru who sleeps
over 80 pounds of dynamite, which he
keeps under his bed. He Is a we'll digger
ana coal miner.
James Cahill, of Peru, died on Thursday
morning last at the age of Is years He
owned coal shaft, grocery and drygoOds
store and other property. His wealth was
estimated at 100000.
Henry H. Parkinson, the missing Sprir G
Valley editor In fit of alteration of mind
left home some time ago and never came
to, until he found himself In England! He
is returning home 80. X.
A practical joker at Freeport, placed a
harmless piece of lead pipe with a fulmin-
ating cap attached In church at that place
recently, and scared the congregation into
panic. No one was injured.
Spring Valley is talking of a $4,000
opera house, with: Dennis Fielding as pro-
prietor. If 1t comes to a focus, Dennis
will make bright and shining light In the
galaxy of Illinois Valley managers.
The thirty second annual meeting of the
Illinois State Horticultural Society will be
held in Princeton Dec 1915, COMPETITIVE
exhibitions of fault, fruit Produces and
vegetables will be held In conjunction with
the regular business.
Dick Williams was murdered by George
Boyd at Decatur last week. Boyd Is lying
in jail, awaiting the action of the grand
jury. The victim was attempting to pre-
vent BOYD from stabbing another man and
received the knife himself.
Van Calder Bros of Sycamore, ran seven
acres of shocked corn through thrashing
machine the other day, with unqualified
success. The shelled corn came out of the
grain spout, and the cobs. husks and stalks
passed out of the straw carrier. Ii was
much cheaper than husking.